Been a while.............Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Friends Fighters and Survivors

It has been a while since I visited and I could sit here and make excuses but they are a dime a dozen and I have 20 cents worth. It has been 8 years since I was diagnosed with throat cancer and it pissed me off that I had to deal with the nightmare during my favorite holiday. (Turkey Football Beer and I don't have to buy presents) I sat and watched my family go about our traditional Thanksgiving routine and wondered if I would be alive for the next one and if so would it be different. This one was already different because my Dad decided to take his life just 2 months before. I was a 59 year old husband, father and grandfather and for a short while actually thought maybe my Dad had a good idea. But then I realized how much it hurt the family and came to the conclusion it would be selfish to do such a thing. I am here eight short years later battle scared from my cancer war but most importantly, never regretting the choices I made. For those of you fighting, fight like you never fought before because I am here to tell you life is worth it. For those who fought and are now healing, my basketball coach use to preach no pain no gain and I have gained alot as will you. For those like me who survived, I stand with you in full abi-normalness glorification (how's that for a phrase)  in support of those wanting to be a survivor. I stand here for the souls we lost to this horiffc disease while truthfully stating until I gained friends on here, never before have i shed tears for someone I never actually met in person.

Today is Thanksgiving. Today I thank God I had the opportunity to wish all you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Life is good...............Enjoy the day...............I do.................Every one of them.

      Jeff